Federico Fuentes
In 1967, Che Guevara died at the hands of CIA-backed Bolivian soldiers while attempting to lead a guerrilla struggle in Bolivia. In the small town where his body was uncovered 30 years later, graffiti is scrawled declaring: "Che:
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Annolies Truman, Perth
Twenty-four per cent of Aboriginal children in Western Australia are at high risk of clinically significant emotional or behavioural difficulties, a ground-breaking report has found. Adele Cox and Sven Silburn from the
ARMIDALE — The Armidale Club, a quiet little pub in rural NSW, was rocked by the sounds of revolution on May 11, when Friends of Green Left Weekly sponsored a screening of The Revolution Will Not be Televised.
About 30 people watched the
Sarah Stephen
The trial of accused people-smuggler Khaleed Daoed began in the Brisbane Supreme Court on May 18. Daoed faces up to 20 years' jail for his involvement in the ill-fated SIEV X voyage in 2001, when a boatload of asylum seekers sank in
South African Municipal Workers Union members clashed with police in central Cape Town on May 17, after 2000 workers marched through the city against the privatisation of water and electricity. One man was arrested. Union officials delivered a
Ben Reid, Newcastle
On May 18, 400 people attended a joint student-staff "Save Our Uni" rally at Newcastle University to oppose the impending loss of 450 jobs from the campus. The rally was organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
American Dream
"Working and low-income families from New York to California face an affordable-housing shortage that threatens to spoil the 'American Dream' of a decent home if you get a decent job. A recent Center for Housing Policy study found
CANBERRA — A May 10 Australian Industrial Relations Commission decision delivered a wage increase of between $6 and $148 per week to more than 15,000 childcare workers in Victoria and the ACT.
Joanne Schofield, Liquor Hospitality Miscellaneous
May 28 is the international day of action for women's health. It is an indictment of global capitalism that so many of the world's women cannot access even the most basic of health services. Even in the wealthy countries like Australia I am learning
DARWIN — Protesters gathered outside the immigration department office on May 13 to speak out against the threatened deportation of 50 East Timorese refugees, including Darwin man Jose Jongue. The protest also demanded an end to the incarceration
BRISBANE — Forty people attended Queensland's Socialist Alliance Fightback conference on May 7 to discuss and organise resistance to the federal government's planned attacks on workers' rights once it takes control of the Senate on July 1.
Among
Reg Keys, whose son was killed on duty in Iraq in 2003, stood against British PM Tony Blair in his Sedgefield constituency in the May 5th general election and won 10.2% of votes cast. Blair retained the seat, although his share of the vote fell by
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